Aloxe-Corton is the home village of the Latour family who have been closely involved in the affairs of the commune for over three centuries. Of the total hectarage of this Premier Cru, the Domaine Louis Latour control over 13% of production centred on the famous Château and cuverie of Corton-Grancey. These vines are an important part of the Domaine Louis Latour. The name "Les Chaillots" refers to the stony, pebbly nature of the soil in this vineyard, as "caillou" means pebble in french. There is an alliance in the wines of Aloxe-Corton between the finesse of a Côte de Beaune and the mellow, powerful appeal of the Côte de Nuits.

Vinification & Ageing

Fermentation

Traditional in open vats

Ageing

10 to 12 months ageing in oak barrels, 35% new

Barrels

Louis Latour cooperage, French oak, medium toasted

Wine tasting

Tasting Note

From the Latour Domaine vineyards in the village of Aloxe-Corton this delightful wine is a beautiful clear deep ruby colour. It has a delicate nose of prunes, liquorice and grilled fruits and nuts. Very long and ample flavours of prunes and liquorice unfold to reveal a wine with a delicious future. To be drunk in one or two years time but could also cellared before enjoyed to its full potential.

Oof - like a
redcurrant concentrate - purity but it's hard to compute the concentration. A
little gas, but width and freshness of flavour - really some complexity. A wine
to wait for and so juicy in the finish too - bravo!

Bright mid purple. Fresh and lively fruit. Excellent concentration of fruit on the palate, just 12.5 hl/ha, a few tannins but well woven into the fruit, some crunch at the back, impressively long finish. (Tasted prior to bottling)

The wine is dense with fine concentration and a solid dry tannin character at the back. It is full of black fruits and balanced acidity. Its richness reflects the quality of the vintage and its aging potential. (USA)

This is agreeably fresh and relatively
bright with its notes of red currant, lilac, earth and hint of forest floor.
The sleek, delicious and vibrant medium weight flavors possess acceptably good
depth and persistence on the discreet stony and youthfully austere finish.
2021+ Allen Meadows (USA)

A deep nose, just a little mineral - really an attractive fruit. More
direct but well padded and really very intense and long finishing - this
will need a little patience, but it's really excellent - fine length as
you would expect in this vintage. (Not yet bottled). Bill Nanson (UK)

This
wine is firm and structured, with dark tannins and a dense texture that is
still dry. It offers ripe fruit as well as acidity, currently overshadowed by
the tannins but will come to the fore with some time. The wine will age well,
thanks to the solid structure and dry core of tannins. Drink from 2020.

A rather tighter nose, more
red-fruited. More energy, more focus, again red fruited with an insinuating
complexity. More tannin impression but some silkiness - a smooth coating on the
teeth. A big flavoured wine and lots of fun. (cask sample) By Bill Nanson (UK)

Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru "Les Chaillots" 2014 - Burghound.com - April 2016 - 89/100This is also agreeably fresh with an airy nose that is comprised by notes of red and dark currant, earth and a hint of the sauvage. There is outstanding vibrancy to the well-defined yet suave medium weight flavors that culminate in a moderately rustic and austere finish where the supporting tannins are chewy and slightly tough. /2022+Allen Meadows

Once again there is
noticeable oak present along with the associated menthol character that does
little to enhance the appeal of the otherwise attractive black pinot fruit and
floral suffused nose. There is good volume as well as fine mid-palate
concentration to the middle weight flavors that possess good if not truly
special depth on the rustic and mildly drying finish though this could very
well be due to the abundant gas. /2021+

Allen Meadows

Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru "Les Chaillots" 2013 - James Suckling - June 2015 - 92/100This
is muscular and rich with dark berry, dark chocolate and mineral character.
Medium to full-bodied, chewy and long. Needs two or three years to soften.

Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru "Les Chaillots" 2013 - Burgundy Report - December 2014 - "Very fine!"A beautiful nose of some weight and florality and fainter herbs - fine. Here is more structure, more dryness to the tannin (no whole cluster though) but fine intensity and a clear extra length and complexity. A little more austere than the last wines but it will be very fine!

Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru "Les Chaillots" 2012 - Wine Enthusiast - December 2015 - 91/100This dense wine has a strong sense of dry tannins as well as red-berry acidity. It is balanced, in keeping with the cherry and strawberry fruits. The acidity, cutting through, keeps the wine bright and fruity. The end is strawberry jam with attractive acidity. Drink from 2018. By Roger Voss (USA)

Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru "Les Chaillots" 2012 - Wine Spectator - Juin 2015 - 90/100On the elegant side, with some punch to the cherry, strawberry, spice and tobacco flavors. The tannins are refined and this shows balance and length. Best from 2017 through 2026.

Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru "Les Chaillots" 2012 - Apstein on Wine - December 2014 - 93/100Louis
Latour, top-notch négociant established in 1797, is based in the
Aloxe-Corton. Since their founding, have been able to purchase prime
plots there, so it's not surprising that they make excellent wines from
vineyards in that village. Les Chaillots, just down from hill from the
Grand Cru, Corton-Grèves, is one of the village's best Premier Cru sites.
Latour's 2012, very perfumed and elegant, delivers the density of flavor expect
from this concentrated vintage without losing the delicate, almost lacey,
texture emblematic of this vineyard. This is a classy Premier Cru,
deserving of its stature. Michael Apstein (USA)

Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru "Les Chaillots" 2012 - Burgundy Report - June 2014 - "the flavour is lovely!"Here the aromas are redder - but still quite dark red. In the mouth this is also red-fruited and sterner/harder faced than the Beaune - mainly due to a higher level of minerality - this flavour is lovely!

Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru "Les Chaillots" 2012 - Burghound.com - April 2014 - 90/100A ripe and fresh if somewhat atypical nose is comprised of red pinot fruit and earth aromas that are set against a backdrop of menthol and wood. There is a relatively refined mouth feel to the lightly mineral-infused middle weight flavors that culminate in a dusty, firm and only mildly rustic finish. By Allen Meadows (USA)

For the elegance I am staying in Burgundy and plumping for the Louis Latour
Aloxe-Corton 2011 Les Chaillots. I know that as a big producer Louis Latour
attracts mixed reviews but it does have access to some of Burgundy's finest
grapes, and this Aloxe-Corton is an absolute stunner that's guaranteed to
restore anyone's faith in the region. Les Chaillots is a vineyard that sits just
yards away from the Grand Cru vineyards of Corton and sits on the south-west of
the hill., so this is prime real estate. Not cheap, but excellent value for what
it is and drinking perfectly. By Neil Bennett (UK)

Lighter and more open in colour, and has a lot more
truffle and earthiness, and then it is juicy and ripe on the palate but a
lovely length and purity, with lots of acidity and freshness, the wood felt as
just a tiny balsamic note. Has more light and shade than the 2010s, but perhaps
less structure and fruit concentration. (UK)

Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru "Les Chaillots" 2011 - Allen Meadows - Burghound.com - May 2013 - 88/100An attractively fresh, cool and restrained nose features notes of purple fruit, especially plum along with plenty of warm earth and game notes. There is good volume and solid mid-palate concentration to the supple, round and delicious flavors that terminate in a mildly austere finish that offers good length and acceptable depth. 2017+

Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru "Les Chaillots" 2010 - Burghound.com - April 2012 - 90/100A difficult nose of wood toast and reduction renders it impossible to correctly assess though there is good verve and richness to the lightly mineral-suffused middle weight flavors that possess good phenolic maturity on the seductively textured, dusty and balanced finish that offers good to very good persistence. By Allen Meadows (USA)

Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru "Les Chaillots" 2009 - Burghound.com - May 2011 - 88/100 A ripe and mildly spicy red berry fruit nose gives way to round, supple and reasonably rich medium-bodied flavors that possess good mid-palate volume as well as a delicious, balanced and persistent finish. There is a much better sense of energy here if only average depth. 2015+. By Allen Meadows (USA)

Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru "Les Chaillots" 2009 - Chris Kissack - January 2011 - 16.5-17/20This is vibrant and youthful, with a good depth of colour. And the nose is dense and spicy, with a primary fruit character, moving from red fruits into black, but still with lots of life, reminiscent of fresh forest fruits crushed over stone. Rather solid and ungiving in terms of substance on the palate, releasing a little in the middle but only to reveal a little sweet, perfumed, gritty fruit substance which is certainly welcome. This has an appealing, compact and substantial style. (UK)

Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru "Les Chaillots" 2009 - Jancis Robinson - January 2011 - 16.5/20They own 5ha of this vineyard! Mid ruby - already looks quite developed. Ferns and green undergrowth on the nose. Very positive with real intent. Reminds me a little of a 2006. Not as luscious and round as some 2006s but good vitality. Drink 2013-2018. (USA)

Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru "Les Chaillots" 2008 - Wine Spectator - April 2011 - 89/100This is smooth, displaying sweet cherry, spice and mineral aromas and flavors. This firms up on the finish, but a year in the bottle should help. Nice length. Best from 2012 through 2020. (USA)

Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru "Les Chaillots" 2007 - Burghound.com - April 2009 - 88/100An attractively fresh nose features a very pinot nose that is nuanced with hints of earth and a touch of crushed leaf that gives way to round, supple and delicious flavors that also possess a touch of vegetal yet rather than being a sign of under ripeness, it seems to add a touch of depth to the solidly persistent finish. 2012+. By Allen Meadows (USA).

Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru "Les Chaillots" 2005 - TheFineWineTimes.com - February 11th, 2010 - "Full-bodied and quite powerful"Nicely aged and developed with a savory edge this wine is just starting to get good. Bright redcurrant and black cherry aromas paired with interesting vegetal and fresh mushroom notes. Full-bodied and quite powerful with a melange of forest berries held together by a taut but refined structure of medium-tannins and highish acidity. (UK)

Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru "Les Chaillots" 2005 - Wine Spectator - January 2008 - 89/100Attractive center of cherry, raspberry and red currant has a cloak of tannins and bright acidity framing it. All the elements are there to make an elegant, mineraltinged red in time. Good length. Best from 2012 through 2022. (USA)

Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru "Les Chaillots" 2005 - Burghound.com - April 2007 - 88/100It's aromatically deep with an attractive nose of red and black fruit notes nuanced by hints of violets and warm earth that merge into delicious, round and sweet flavors that possess good volume and plenty of finishing punch on the slightly rustic backend. By Allen Meadows (USA).

Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru "Les Chaillots" 2003 - Burghound.com - April 2005 - 86/100A somber and reserved nose reluctanly reveals notes of mocha, chocolate and tobacco undertones on top of the very ripe plum aromas that continue on to he rustic, muscular and robust flavors, all wrapped in somewhat coarse tannins. This is an admirably powerful wine but somewhat pedestrian as well. 2011+. By Allen Meadows (USA).

Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru "Les Chaillots" 2007 - Jamie Goode's Wineanorak - April 2010 - 88/100Bright focused cherryish fruit on the nose. The palate is ripe and juicy with sweet cherry fruit and some spicy grip. This is a lighter style with some appeal, and a bit of structure. (UK)

Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru "Les Chaillots" 2000 - Burghound.com - April 2003 - 86/100Bright red berry aromas lead to richer, denser, richer flavors though this finishes with slightly dry, firm finishing tannins. There is a bit more material here but this will need a year or two to achieve the same balance displayed by the Aloxe villages. By Allen Meadows (USA).

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